DUCTILE

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile

(adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; “ductile copper”; “malleable metals such as gold”; “they soaked the leather to made it pliable”; “pliant molten glass”; “made of highly tensile steel alloy”

ductile, malleable

(adjective) easily influenced

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)

Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

Molded easily into a new form.

(rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

Synonyms

• (molded easily): flexible, plastic, pliant; see also moldable

• (led easily): tractable

Antonyms

• (capable of being pulled into thin wire): brittle

Coordinate terms

• malleable

Anagrams

• dulcite

Source: Wiktionary

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Duc"tile, a. Etym: [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]

1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. Philips.

2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden.

– Duc"tile*ly, adv.

– Duc"tile*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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